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WHAT!? She obviously DOESN'T know anything about Aspergers!
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15 Jun 2011, 5:16 pm
aurea wrote:
Hi all, we live in Australia so things may be a little different here.
I took my son to his job net work agency yesterday. He wont go unless I go with him, because he doesn't know or trust this worker, he wont talk to her or barely look at her, he gets confused by what others say and his short term auditory memory is bad. Any way we are also in the process of applying for some sort of disability support payment for him. This woman who is supposed to know something about his disabilities (this is a disability employment service), she asked my son if he has any friends. C (my son) shook his head, she looks at me, I say he interacts with his little brother only. She then goes on to say most people make friends when their at work (my son has had the same very part time job for nearly 6 years) She asks him if he socializes with the people from his work. He says NO! The she goes on to say, "well you need to go out and socialize!". Then she sits there smiling like she has just solved all his problems.
I'm flabbergasted. I turn to her and ask "Umm do you even know what Aspergers is?".
She looks embarrassed and says "hmm yeah".
If she understood why would she say something so stupid?
I took my son to his job net work agency yesterday. He wont go unless I go with him, because he doesn't know or trust this worker, he wont talk to her or barely look at her, he gets confused by what others say and his short term auditory memory is bad. Any way we are also in the process of applying for some sort of disability support payment for him. This woman who is supposed to know something about his disabilities (this is a disability employment service), she asked my son if he has any friends. C (my son) shook his head, she looks at me, I say he interacts with his little brother only. She then goes on to say most people make friends when their at work (my son has had the same very part time job for nearly 6 years) She asks him if he socializes with the people from his work. He says NO! The she goes on to say, "well you need to go out and socialize!". Then she sits there smiling like she has just solved all his problems.
I'm flabbergasted. I turn to her and ask "Umm do you even know what Aspergers is?".
She looks embarrassed and says "hmm yeah".
If she understood why would she say something so stupid?
I think this "social worker" has NO clue what's she's talking about. If she doesn't know after 6 years, then there's nothing you or your son can do to educate her. Is there anyway to request someone else to work with your son?
15 Jun 2011, 5:42 pm
16 Jun 2011, 2:39 am
aurea wrote:
Hi all, we live in Australia so things may be a little different here.
I took my son to his job net work agency yesterday. He wont go unless I go with him, because he doesn't know or trust this worker, he wont talk to her or barely look at her, he gets confused by what others say and his short term auditory memory is bad. Any way we are also in the process of applying for some sort of disability support payment for him. This woman who is supposed to know something about his disabilities (this is a disability employment service), she asked my son if he has any friends. C (my son) shook his head, she looks at me, I say he interacts with his little brother only. She then goes on to say most people make friends when their at work (my son has had the same very part time job for nearly 6 years) She asks him if he socializes with the people from his work. He says NO! The she goes on to say, "well you need to go out and socialize!". Then she sits there smiling like she has just solved all his problems.
I'm flabbergasted. I turn to her and ask "Umm do you even know what Aspergers is?".
She looks embarrassed and says "hmm yeah".
If she understood why would she say something so stupid?
I took my son to his job net work agency yesterday. He wont go unless I go with him, because he doesn't know or trust this worker, he wont talk to her or barely look at her, he gets confused by what others say and his short term auditory memory is bad. Any way we are also in the process of applying for some sort of disability support payment for him. This woman who is supposed to know something about his disabilities (this is a disability employment service), she asked my son if he has any friends. C (my son) shook his head, she looks at me, I say he interacts with his little brother only. She then goes on to say most people make friends when their at work (my son has had the same very part time job for nearly 6 years) She asks him if he socializes with the people from his work. He says NO! The she goes on to say, "well you need to go out and socialize!". Then she sits there smiling like she has just solved all his problems.
I'm flabbergasted. I turn to her and ask "Umm do you even know what Aspergers is?".
She looks embarrassed and says "hmm yeah".
If she understood why would she say something so stupid?
I've actually had a similar experiences with disability services, which is why I do not enjoy visiting with them. It's like talking to a brick wall sometimes. 'You have to be more social' is great advice for someone like me.
It has gotten a little better though. The counselor I'm working with adopted a autistic kid, and at least educated herself about the disorder.
16 Jun 2011, 2:41 am
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16 Jun 2011, 12:09 pm
Telling an Aspie to 'just socialize' is like telling a blind person to "just cross the street when the light is green"
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16 Jun 2011, 12:14 pm
wavefreak58 wrote:
Telling an Aspie to 'just socialize' is like telling a blind person to "just cross the street when the light is green"
Perfect analogy! Well put!
16 Jun 2011, 2:12 pm
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